Mysteries for Teens

Barnes, Linda.Snapshot. Dell Publishing Co., $5.99
Why does P.I. Carlotta Carlyle get a child's snapshot in the mail every Friday?

Barr, Nevada.Firestorm. Avon Books, $6.50
After a wildfire, Ranger Anna Pigeon emerges from her "shake and bake" and discovers a murdered body.

Black, Veronica.Vow of Fidelity. St. Martin's Press, $5.50
Sister Joan discovers that three of her former art school classmates have died in horrible accidents. A photograph indicates that Sister Joan may be the next.

Brennan, Carol.Chill of Summer. Berkley Publishing Group, $5.99
Emily Silver thinks that she will find peace and solitude in the house that once belonged to her grandmother when the lights go out and she finds herself under a frozen corpse.

Christie, Agatha.And Then There Were None. Berkley Publishing Group, $5.50
Ten strangers, gathered together on an isolated island by a mysterious host, share their darkest secrets as, one-by-one, they die.

Cornwell, Patricia.Postmortem. Avon Books, $6.99
Using the latest advances in forensic research, medical examiner Kay Scarpetta sets out to unmask a maniac who wants her dead.

Day, Diane.Strange Files of Fremont Jones. Bantam Books, Inc., $4.99
Fremont Jones trades in her conventional Boston life for a career as a "type-writer" in turn-of-the-century San Francisco where she discovers her clients aren't always what they appear to be.

Dereske, Jo.Miss Zukas and the Library Murders. Avon Books, $5.99
The dead body is in fiction—that section of the library anyway. Now it's up to proper librarian Helma Zukas, and her not-so-proper friend Ruth, to track down the killer before they become the next victims.

Evanovich, Janet.Two for the Dough. Pocket Books, $5.50
Armed with plenty of attitude and her trusty .38, bounty hunter Stephanie Plum goes after bail jumper Kenny Mancuso. The place to find him is a funeral parlor.

Feinstein, John.Winter Games. St. Martin's Press, $5.99
The basketball talents of Rytis Buzelis lead to corruption and murder when college recruiters descend on quiet Shelter Island.

Katz, Jon.The Last Housewife. Bantam Books, Inc., $5.99
A volatile mix of "good kids," a stay-at-home mom, one outspoken principal, and sexual harassment lead to murder in the perfect suburb.

Kijewski, Karen.Copy Kat. Bantam Books, Inc., $5.99
Hired to investigate the murder of a female bar owner, Kat Colorado goes undercover as the new bartender and uncovers more dirt with every drink order.

Parker, Robert B.Early Autumn. Dell Publishing Co., Inc., $6.50
When Private detective Spenser is hired to "protect" fifteen-year-old Paul, both get more than they bargained for.

Peters, Elizabeth.Crocodile on the Sandbank. Mysterious Press, $5.99
Victorian heiress Amelia Peabody heads for Cairo, accompanied by a girl with a tarnished past. Little does she know a homicidal mummy awaits.

Godfrey, Martyn.Please Remove Your Elbow from My Ear. Avon Books, $3.99
No one quite believes it when the DT Dregs form a hockey team—it even surprises the team members.

Hayes, Daniel.No Effect. Avon Books, $3.99
Going out for wrestling will be a great way to get girls—or so Tyler and Lymie hope.

Herriott, James.All Creatures Great and Small. Bantam Books, Inc., $7.50
A first person account of a young veterinarian starting his career in Yorkshire, England sixty years ago. (NF)

Howe, James.The New Nick Kramer, or My Life as a Baby-sitter. Hyperion Paperbacks for Children, $4.50
Nick hopes the way to a girl's heart is through sharing a class in childcare—if he fails, it means dancing in a tutu at halftime!

Johnson, LouAnne.Dangerous Minds. St. Martin's Press, Inc., $5.99
Tough and caring, LouAnne Johnson is the sort of teacher all students deserve. (NF)

Keller, Beverly.The Amazon Papers. Harcourt Brace and Co., $5.00
While her mother is off on a cruise, Iris stumbles from one near disaster to another trying to babysit two young cousins and snag a boyfriend.

Koertge, Ron.The Harmony Arms. Avon Books, $3.99
Gabriel learns to appreciate his father's eccentricity when he comes to know the residents of the Harmony Arms.

Wyss, Thelma Hatch.Here at the Scenic Vu Motel. HarperCollins Children's Books, $3.95
Study hard and have fun are the only rules for seven small town students boarded at a motel during the school week.

Facing Nature Head On

These books show the connection between people and the natural environment, illustrating the struggle for both humans and nature to survive.

Aebi, Tania.Maiden Voyage. Ballantine Books, Inc., $5.95
Share the adventure of a lifetime—the first American woman and the youngest person ever to travel around the globe by sailboat—alone. (NF)

Brandenburg, Jim.To the Top of the World: Adventures With Arctic Wolves on Ellesmere Island. Walker and Company, $6.95
Brandenburg enters the beautiful, wild, and free world of Arctic wolves. (NF)

Callahan, Steven.Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea. Ballantine Books, Inc., $11.00
When his sailboat sinks in the Atlantic, Steven Callahan drifts alone in a five-foot inflatable raft. (NF)

Doyle, Brian.Spud Sweetgrass. Groundwood Books, $3.95
Who is dumping grease into the Ottawa River and polluting Spud's favorite beach?

Feorge, Jean Craighead.Julie of the Wolves. HarperCollins Children's Books, $4.95
Forced to marry at thirteen, Julie/Miyax, runs away from her Eskimo village and is adopted by a wolf pack.

George, Jean Craighead.The Talking Earth. HarperCollins Children's Books, $3.95
Billie Wind, a young Seminole Indian, is sent into the Florida Everglades alone to search for her roots.

Hobbs, Will.Downriver. Bantam Doubleday Dell, $4.50
Eight delinquent teens on a Discovery Unlimited outing escape their guide and battle each other and the Colorado River.

Klass, David.California Blue. Scholastic, Inc., $4.50
John's discovery of a new species of butterfly threatens the future of a mill town and sets him against his dying father.

Marsden, John.Tomorrow When the War Began. Dell Publishing Co., Inc, $3.99
Seven Australian teens return from a camping trip to discover their country has been invaded and their families imprisoned.

O'Brien, Robert C.Z for Zachariah. Macmillan Publishing Co., Inc., $4.50
How will sixteen-year-old Ann Burden survive as the only person left in the world following a nuclear accident?

O'Dell, Scott.Black Star, Bright Dawn. Fawcett Book Group, $4.50
A blinding, whiteout snowstorm, a belligerent bull moose, and splintering ice are only a few obstacles a teenage Eskimo girl faces in the Iditarod race—1,000 miles of agony between Nome and Anchorage.

Stervermer, Caroline.River Rats. Harcourt Brace and Co., $6.00
Since "The Flash" destroyed modern civilization, Tomcat and a group of other orphans steer an old steamboat up and down a toxic Mississippi River.

Stratton-Porter, Gene.Freckles. Puffin Books, $3.99
An orphan finds treasure beyond his wildest dreams in the wilderness of the Limberlost.

Taylor, Theodore.Weirdo. Avon Books, $4.50
Can Sam and the Weirdo keep bear hunters out of the Powhatan Swamp?

Pullman, Philip.The Ruby in the Smoke. Alfred A. Knopf Books for Young Readers, $4.99
Sally's search for a mysterious ruby and its connection to her father's death leads her through the frightening underworld of Victorian London.

Rinaldi, Ann.In My Father's House. Scholastic, Inc. $4.99
The first battle of the Civil War took place on Oscie McLean's Manassas farm and ended in her father's parlor at Appomattox Court House.

Salisbury, Graham.Under the Blood-Red Sun. Bantam Doubleday Dell, $4.50
A Hawaiian-born boy of Japanese descent must help his family survive when his father and grandfather are arrested after the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

Talbert, Marc.Heart of the Jaguar. Simon and Schuster Children's, $4.50
The bravery of a young Mayan approaching manhood seals his destiny.

Walsh, Jill Paton.Parcel of Patterns. Farrar, Straus, & Giroux, Inc.,$3.95
The people of a small English village in 1665 make the ultimate sacrifice to keep a dreadful disease from spreading.

White, Ellen Emerson.The Road Home. Scholastic, Inc., $4.99
A Vietnam War combat nurse returns home to family and friends who have not changed as much as she has.